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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .I&.vE 27. The SPZ.AKER took the Chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. PACKE the Ashby.de la-Zouch Small Debts Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. SMITH brought up the Report of the Sudbury Town Lands Bill. On the motion of Mr. ROUND the Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. TOWNLEY, the Birmingham and Derby Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Captain PECHELL, the Duke of Norfolk's Estates Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HARLAND brought up the Report of the Committee on the Hartlepool Dock Bill. Mr. F. FRENCH presented two petitions in favour of the Medical Charities Bill, Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Apothecaries' Hall and other bodies of Dublin, against the qualification clause of the same Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Proprietors of Hackney Carriages in London, against the Hackney Carriages Eill. Mr. YOUNG presented petitions from the medical practitioners of Cavan and Belturbet, in favour of the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill. CARRIAGE OF MAILS BY RAILWAYS' BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he believed the Railroad Mails Bill was read a second time last night, and that the Committee was fixed for Friday. He therefore wished to ask the Vice-President of the Board of Trade not to ask the House to go into Committee on the Bill so soon as Friday, because parties who were distant in the country would not have an oppertunity of communicating with their friends is London on the subject. Mr. LABOL'CIIERE'S answer was almost inaudible. We under stood Aim to state that care would be taken to give all parties time to consider the provisions of the Bill. MR. PRAED AND MR. E. L. BULWER. The SPEAKER said—lt may now perhaps be the proper time for me to acquaint the Learned Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Praed), that he was required to attend in this House today, in consequence of an apprehen sion on the part of several Honourable Members that it was his intention to institute hostile measures, arising from certain expressions of another Hon. Member. It will be for the Learned Member to state how far this is correct. Mr. PRAED —Sir, I was not responsible for the introduction of frivolous and irrelevant matter into the discussion last night. Nor will I be responsible for the continuance or renewal of the discussion. I said nothing last night which could in the slightest degree ofend the nicest sense of honour of any Hon. Member. I will go further and say, I have nothing to retract—l have done nothing by which the orders of the House could in the slightest degree be infringed—l know moreover, that the House is entitled to call upon me for an explicit statement of any intentions which I may entertain. Sir, without going at length into all the circumstances, I frankly own that on leaving the House last night, I did feel that the regard for my character tbr honor and veracity, without which I should be ashamed to sit in this House, did compel me to place that character in the hands of a friend. That friend sought an interview with the Honoura ble Member for Lincoln (Mr. Bulwer) ; the interview could not be obtained till midnight, and then my friend learnt from the Hon. Mem ber the steps which had been taken by the House. Upon which my friend stated that he had then no message to deliver—no duty to per form. Sir, I concur in the view taken by my friend. I know it would be in vain for me to struggle with the House, if I were disposed to do so ; and under these circumstances, having done all in my power for the vindication of my character from what I felt to be an unmerited aspersion, I now pledge myself without reservation, that I will take uo further steps in this matter.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," front both sides of the House.) _ 31r. BULWErtsaid, as the Hon. Member opposite had stated that he had no intention of saying any thing which might wound the feelings of any one, so he (Mr. B.) must on his part say, that in the observations which he had made, there was nothing to call forth the indignant feelings of any Hon. Member. It had never been his misfortune before to have wounded the feelings of any Hon. Member in the heat of debate, .and it was painful for him to be supposed to have done so now. lie knew of eo retraction which he could make, and no apology that was :ailed for, beyond the general expression of his regret that he had wounded the feelings of any Hon. Member, and also of having been the cause of occupying the time of the House in a discussion of this kind. Mr. PRAED said that what the Hon. Member had not said, rather than what he had said, made it necessary for him to add that which he was before unwilling to do—that he abided distinctly by what he had said last night with respect to an occurrence which was said to have taken place during his residence 15 years ago at Cambridge.—(Hear.) Mr. BULWER said, no doubt there was some misapprehension in th case, but not being provided with proof in support of the allegation, he was bound also to say that he must adhere to his cwn expression on the subject.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped the Nouse would consider the decla rations which had been made by the two Hon. Members satisfactory, and that there was no reason that either of the Hon. Gentlemen should con sider his honour wounded by what had passed.—(Hear.) STEAII. BO AT ACCIDENTS. Sir It. PEEL presented a petition complaining of the number of steam Accidnits which at present occur, and calling for the interference of the Government to their prevention. Also a petition from the medical members of the University of Glasgow, praying for certain modifications in the Irish Medical Charities Bill. . . On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was agreed that the public businoss of the HouA should commence upon the following and subbe quent weeks at half.past four o'clock instead of five, as the private bu siness did not require so much time. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Thursday week he would move that the evidence of last year's Committee upon West India affairs be printed and circulated. In answer to a question from Sir R PEEL, . Lord J. RUSSELL said that on Friday he meant to go on with the Pilotage Bill ; and on Monday he should move the consideration of the Committee on the Irish Tithe Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said on Friday he should, if possible, take the second reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill.--(Hear.) IRISH MEDICAL CHARITIES BILL. Mr. FRENCH moved that the House should go into Committee on this Bill. He did so principally for the purpose of stating what altera tions he proposed to make in the clauses. Mr. SHAW objected to the qualification clauses. They professed to give a security, but they only gave a nominal not a real security of qua. litication. The effect of the Bill would be to place the College of Sur geons in Dublin over the four other great medical establishments in th.st city. It abolished a monopoly only to establish another of a different description. He made no objections to the Bill so far as it went to the assistance of the poor, and to the establishment of proper medical in. apectors ; but he considered the taking of medical education out of the hands of the fire bodies who at present directed it, to place it under the oontroul of one, would be very objectionable. He put it to the Hon. Member to withdraw at least that part of the Bill which interfered with Isadical education. _ Mr. GRATTAN moved that the Bill be read that day three months. He was opposed to it altogether. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had received instructions to support fr. It was founded on the principle that there should be no difference between the graduates of any one medical college in the United King dom and any other. The medical bodies in Scotland were all now in fa. your of this Bill, although they were at first opposed to it. The LORD ADVOCATE contended that the most consistent csurso was to allow 0); Bill to go into Committee, and these to correct any. thing objectionable ?t might contain. Mr. JACKSON stroi4ly objected to the power which the Bill would give to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and to the Royal College of Sur. gecns in Dublin. The former should not have the power to add nine Governors to a charitable institution like that of Richard Stevens which had already twenty-two of the mcst respectable men in Dublin ; nor ought the Royal Irish College of Surgeons to have the power of monopo lising the appointment of medical practitioners in Ireland. The plan of inspection was good, but that could be effected by a simple direct Bill for the purpose. Mr. GRATTAN urged his Hon. Friend to withdraw his Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL thought that it would be better to wait to see the operation of the Poor-laws in Ireland, and whether the existing charities would servive for inspection, which, after all was a matter for the Go verment—not for the Irish College of Surgeons, as excellent a school as it was. The late period of the session, added to the consideration of the novelty Df the great experiment they were trying in Ireland, made it :nest expedient that the Bill should now be withdrawn. The CHANCEZ.LOR of the EXCHEQUER contended for the neces. city of establishing solve certain system for the regulation of the medical charities in Ireland, and hoped that if the Bill were now withdrawn it should be brought forward at another period, without any prejudice from its present postponement. Mr. LUCAS said, that under the circumstances, the Bill, perhat•s, might be withdrawn with advantage : but he must say that the Bill w.s far superior to any of those introduced in the two previous Sessions. Great inconvenience would, however, result to all the medical corporate bos'ies and universities, who had already gone to a considerable expen.e and t, - ouble in preparing information on the subject, and Forborne/Italy attendat:ce of two years. He contended that the Royal Irish College of Surgeons had a certain monopoly at present, and urged the importance of a general good system of inspection to be undertaken by Government, to enable the New Poor-law for Ireland to work with any degree of success. ..... . Lord MORPETII thought that from the roast of papers and evidence which had accumulated on the subject it was tolerably evident that there was no chance of the subject passing through the House this See. lion. Further, there were also symptoms that even if it did there was little chance of its progress in another place. He, therefore, thought his Ken. Friend would do wisely to withdraw the Bill at present. The chief cause the Government had not volunteered to undertake the ow nagement of this subject was, that they were anxious, in the Srsi place to settle the question of Poor-laws, which, in fact, involved the 1,4al ments for the settlement of the other. Mr. F. FRENCH then withdrew Isis Bill. SCHOOLS (iCOTLANDI. The Report of this Bill was brought forward by the CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEQUER, when an Honourable Member proposed that the House be counted. Only 28 Members being found present, the House stood adjourned at or near the hour of three_quarters past six o'clock to Friday, THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. • BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 0 06 India Sock 3 per Cent. Red 94 N, Ditto Band s 7l 3 per Cent. Cons — . Ditto Old Annuities 9214 544 per Cent 101% Ditto New Annuities ... ...... 144, per Cent. Red — Ex. Bills, 1,001. 244 d 71 pm, Nen 3t, per Cent — Ditto 50 / ", pir. Long Annuities to expire ! Ditto 500/ 2 prr, , Jan. 196. Oct. 1950 Jan. 1960 FOREIGN FUNDS Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent fifl Ditto New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 11'4 Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent 2114 Ditto, Consolidated French, 5 per cent. —f —c Exchange French, 3 per cent Dutch, 24 per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. ... 1014 ;HARES.-(THIS DAY). 831,i 1144 Austrian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent. — Chilian. 6 per cent — Colombiam, 6 per cent 24N, Ditto, 1824 — Danish, 3 per cent — Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 — Peruvian, 1825.6 per cent (CLOSING PRICE OF Great Western Rsilwav London arid Brighton Railway . London and Bla.ckwall Railway . London and Birmingham Railway London and Croydon:Railway (New Seep) 476 M anc h e ster and Leeds Railway Manchester and BirTninghain Railway Ditto Ditto Extension 3X North Midland Railway National Loan Fund ..... Wednesday morning, between six and seven, a young man named Jacobs, while at work on the premises of Mr. Gollier, of Golden-lane, St. Luke's, machinist, got his hand entangled within the strap of the drum of a machine worked by steam, and before the en. gine could be stopped his hand and arm, up to the elbow, were crushed and lacerated in a very dreadful manlier. Wednesday morning a labouring man, named Piper, having been drinking with some of his fellow workmen aid become in. toxicated, was ascending a ladder in front of a house in Henry-street, Pentonville, where he was at work, when he slipped and fell from the height of the second door, and came down with tremendous force on his back on the footway pavement; when raised up he was totally insen sible, and blood was gushing from his mouth, nose, and ears. He was removed to the University College Hospital, and remains in a preen ', vs state; - f _ MELANCHOLY SUICIDE BY A YOUNG LADY AT SEACOMBE. An event of a most tragical character occurred on board the Sea. cotube steam-boat Alice, near Liverpool, on the afternoon of Thurs(!ay, the lot inst., the unheppy sufferer in which exhibited a degree of reck less intrepidity and coolness of purpose, in the execution of her horrid project, almost unparalleled in the history of her sex. The facts of this distressing case are as novel as they are heart-rending. The deceased, a young lady of great personal beauty and accomplishments, arrived at the Seacombe Hotel, on the morning of Tuesday, accompanied by her father, mother, sister, brother, and uncle, from Carnarron, where they had been spending a few days. On Thursday, about noon, she crossed the river with her uncle, a Lieutenant in the Hon. East India Company's service. Her uncle adjourned to the news-room, and the young lady, having in the meantime some purchases to make in Bold.street, was met again byher uncle abouthalf.past two,who accompanied her to theSeacombe slip ; she recrossed the river, and he saw no more of 'er. On the same afternoon, between four and five, she again left Seacombe in the packet for Liverpool. She appeared to be very restless, and di.l not, as is usual with ladies, confine herself to the hind part of the vessel; on the contrary, she walked about the fore part cf the deck, deliberately took off her bonnet, and, watching her opportunity, plunged into the river from the fore gsngway. The alarm was instantly given —" Stop the engine ; there is a person overboard A boat was immediately launched from the deck, and simultaneously a small boat put off from the Seacombe slip, for the purpose of rescuing the young lady. It was some time before either of the boats reached her ; the waves dashed over her head, but she did not sink, owing, probably, to the buoyancy of her clothing. She must have sprung into the river a considerable distance, so as to outreach the revolution of the paddle wheels, otherwise she would have been instantly dashed to pieces. The beat which put off from Seacombe succeeded in reach ing her first, and by it she was conveyed to the hotel. The lady in attendance there cut her clothes, rolled her in blankets, and placed her on a sofa. Mr. Ellis, surgeon, of Seacombe, was called in, together with Mr. Halliday of the same place. At the request of the former gentleman, the young lady was carried up stairs, put to bed, and the usual means employed in the case of drowned persons were put into requisition. The deceased, during this proceeding, ap peared in great pain, but perfectly sensible. She asked for her pocket handkerchief, and on its being brought by Miss Smith, of the hotel, she exclaimed, throwing her arras round that lady's neck—" 0, Miss Smith, I shall never get better; I have taken arsenic—an ounce and a half!" Miss Smith asked where she procured it, and she replied in Carnarvon, adding that she had put the paper containing it under her drawer in her bed-room. The paper was immediately sought for, and found in the position described, bearic.g the words—" arsenic, poison." When left alone with the deceased, Miss Smith asked her reason for committing so fatal an act ; her reply was, " I am very un happy, and have been so for a long time : I wish to die." Mr. Ellis appearing at the same time, the deceased asked him sternly, " Doc tor, how long have I to live ?" On learning that she had taken poi. son, the stomach-pump was applied by the medical men, and all available means used to prolong life, without effect. A few minutes before her death, Miss Smith asked the deceased if she should wish to see her father and mother ? Her reply was " No." She expired in about an hour and a half after being taken out of the water, having from that time until within a few minutes of her death experienced the most ex cruciating agony from the operation of the arsenic. The deceased, as we have stated, was a remarkably fine-looking young woman, in the 19th year of her age. All the arrangements for t he suc cessful execution of her fearful purpose were devised with lamentable prudence and forethought. Before entering the packet she changed her shoes for slippers, untied her hair, left her veil, scarf, and brooch behind, and, as we have already mentioned, took off her bonnet, and deliberately placed it on the deck of the steamer, ere she plunged into the river. It appears from the facts which have transpired, that the young lady whose melancholy death we have detailed, was married at the early age of 17. Her husband is a barrisrer named Smythe. The marriage proved unfortunate, for after living together for a short time they separated, since which the spirits of the deceased have suffered great depression. To increase this depression, she was lately afflicted with an attack of rheumatic gout, at Carnarvon, at which watering place she was residing with her friends before coming to Seacombe. This illness, according to the testimony of her uncle, was produced by the deceased remaining too long in the water whilst bathing. The young lady belonged to a highly respectable family, who are, it may easily be believed, in the greatest possible agony at the tragic result. Her father, whose name is Amphlett, supports a carriage,and resides at Broom, near Stourbridge, in Staffordshire. The fancily are now at Parry's Hotel, where they will remain until the interment of their daughter. Yesterday an inquest was held on the body before Faithful Thomas, Esq., Coroner for the northern division of Cheshire. The facts we have stated were proved in evidence, and the Jury returned the follow. ing verdict :—" We unanimously find that the deceased came by her death from the effect of having taken poison, during a state of tempo. rary derangement." ABSENCE OF MIND.—A fond mother took her darling on her knee, and then a loaf, intending " to snake a bread abd butter for it," as people say hereabouts; but by a strange fatality she buttered the child's face, and cut its head off before she discovered her "mistake."—American Paper. The following is a verbatim copy of the direction of a letter which passed through the Post-office a few days since:— Mr. John King of Montryall is living with his wife either there or else where his wife is Susan M`Cauley and if they are not there you will have to find them out Eliiewhere.---Falmouth Packet. EDITORIAL COURTESIES.—A Whig paper pub lished in Brighton abuses another paper published in the same place by calling it bully, blackguard, and filthy wretch. The Radical's replica tion in part consists of the subjoined bill of costs for services against the Whigs, leaving it to the Tories to add whatever they please to the sums charged. We suppress the names of the news paper belligerents, as well as of the other parties attacked : To sundry expositions of the ignorance, bad writing, and bad grammar, of the Editor of the To a variety of proofs given, and instances shown, of roguery _ and want of principle in the same 3OO To proving that - is but a poor thing as a Me:nber of Parliament, and that he is much more respectaNe a& a dandy walking about Brighton, than as a Member talking nonsense in Parliament l,OOO To arguments adduced, all tending to represent Capt. nottiug better than a blunt sailor, with a good pair of legs, and tirra nerves To sundry minor essays, iShoW;Als other inferior Whigs, are nothing better than they should be.:. 20 To sundry solid and incontrovertible arguments, used to show that the greater number of Whigs in the borough were once Radicals, and would instantly become Tories, if a Tory Go vernment should take place COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH, MON DLY.—Euphemia Tait, or Pride, the wife of a collier at Edgehead Windmill, Dalkeith, was charged with the murder of her child, aged twelve months, by throwing or pushing it out of a window, twenty feet high, on the 9th of April, in consequence of which it died in a few hours. Accusal's Counsel objected to her being considered a fit object for trial, on the plea that she was insane at the time. Dr. Spital and other witnesses were adduced in support of this, from which it appeared the prisoner had been subject to frequent fits of epilepsy since childhood, and after recovering from these, to great mental depressions and aberration. During these periods she had oftener than once threatened to take away her life, which caused her sister to conceal all knives from her; and the pri soner's husband, it was stated by this witness, was in the practice of concealing his razor from her on this account. Mr. Tones, Crown Cr un sel, intimated that while it was evident that the prosecution had not been instituted without sufficient ground, it was satisfactorily established that the prisoner was not a fit object of trial, and that she should, in the meantime, be Lept in confinement. The Court unanimously acquiesced in this, and the trial was deserted pro loco et tempare, and the prisoner remanded to gaol, and to be kept in confinement during the pleasure of the Court. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. She is about 40 years of age, of lank and rather swarthy appearance, and a countenance strongly betokening a silly and weak mind.— Scotch Paper. A very melancholy catastrophe occurred in the Severn a; Over bridge, near this city, on Tuesday last. The cap of a lad, who was playing on the bridge, fell into the river, and he ran down to the river's brink to endeavour to obtain it. While reaching alter it with a stick, he overbalanced himself and fell into the water. The un for tunale boy, instead of turning immediately towards the shore, still attempted to gain possession of his cap, in which effort be was carried into deep water, and after floating for several yards he sunk, and the ra pidity of the stream no doubt speedily hurried him some distance from the spot. The accident was witnessed by a female, who immediateli gave an alarm, and assistance soon arrived, but all trace of the body was lost. It was not known at the time who the lad was, but there is now no doubt that he was the son of Mr. Benjamin Fisher, currier, of this city. He was a fine boy, about eleven years of age, of much promise, and his untimely end is a source of great regret to his relatives and friends. To the parents in particular, this bereavement must he very deplorable. Their son left home in the morning, and in the evening, while they were wondering at his long absence, they heard of the acci• dent which had happened, and their fears at once reverted to their own child, which conjecture was too truly realized. Another little boy, it seems, was playing with the deceased at the time of the occurrence, but being alarmed he ran away, and did not mention what bad happened till some time afterwards. The body, we understand, has net yet been found.—Gloucester Journal. CONSERVATISM AND RADICALISM.—If the opi nion of the good people of Ipswich is fairly represented by their own newspapers, our readers will think with us, perhaps, after reading the following extracts from their Journal and Chronicle of Saturday last, that the worthy burgesses must be rather difficult persons to plewe. The Journal is Conservative, and atter charging Ministers with hollow. ness, deceitfulness, and so forth—instancing, by way of proof, the dis missal ofColonel Verner from the Commission of the peace, and the offer made to Mr. O'Connell of legal preferment !—in a tone of derision, intended, no doubt, to be especially bitter, apostrophizes Lord Melbourne and his colleagues as " most worthy Ministers !" Our next extract, from the Chronicle, runs on thus :—" A while ago, we were told that the ac cession of Queen Victoria to the throne of these realms, would introduce a new era in British History ; that the last lingering clouds of Tory ism which for se long a period have obseured the political zenith, would vanish before her benign countenance like a shadow; and that the bright effulgrnce of Whig-Liberalism would diffuse general gladness in the hearts of the people, and exhibit a strange contrast to the despotic influences of the dark ages. The first year of her Majesty's reign is now at an end, and the first session of her first Parliament is nearly brought to a close; but in vain do we look for improvement in the past, or expect any very great degree of good from the future, un less some great commotion should arise which will upset the present balance of parties. In Ireland, the Tithe question is in the course of renewed agitation, and large meetings in the open air were announced to be held this week, in the counties of Kildare, Wexford, Kilkenny, and the Queen's County, at which It was intended to be resolved by those assembled not to pay tithes in any shape, or, as an alternative, not to consume exeiseable articles of any description. In the manufacturing districts, the hostility to the New Poor Law Act is anything rather than abated, which, combined with the prospect of an advance in the price of bread, renders it by no means improbable that the suppressed indigna tion now raging against their rulers in the breasts of the multitude, will break out into open violence. On the very day when the Court and our legislative sages are amusing themselves with the follies of a Corona tien, the working men in the North will he employing themselves in concocting a plan to form a Grand Dillon of the industrious millions throughout the kingdom, in order to obtain what they esteem to be the ' Rights of Industry,' and we should not be surprised if the one event be not rendered equally as memorable as the other In the annals of the country." The family of Lady -, residing in the immediate neighbourhood of near Bristol, has been plunged into the deepest affliction by the conduct of a young gentleman who occupied a confiden tial situation in the family. It appears that during the temporary ab sence of Lady --, for the purpose of visiting a dying relative, Mr. persuaded the youngest daughter of her Ladyship from her home under the pretext that her presence was required at the bedside of her aunt ; but instead of taking her to that destination, he succeeded in per. suading her to allow the ceremony of a Gretna Greets marriage to be perpetrated, against her owls wishes and remonstrances. The young lady is unfortunately of weak intellect, and her father, in the belief that she would require additional comforts to those of her twc elder sisters, left her a larger share of his fortune than he otherwise would have done, It is expected, however, that some proceedings will be at once taken to deprive him of any claim to the property, as well as to dis, solve the marriage. At one stage the unhappy girl ie said to have flung herself on her knees before a country inn-keeper, who, however, was so ' astonished at the procedure that his surprise and amazement totally pre vented him from underst wading the cause of her raving, and he imagined she was under the influence of insanity.—Berkekire Chronicle. PORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES MONDAY, Juxr: 25. The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added by the Town, for horses, &c., of all ages ; three yrs old, ist ; four, Est. 21h; five, Eat. 10113 : six and aged, gst. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The second to save his stake. One mile. Mr. Orde's b. m. Bee's-wing, 5 yrs Cartwright 1 Mr. M. Foulis na. br. g. Remnant, by Bustajd, 5 yrs 2 Lord Eglinton's b. g. 'I he Potentate, 6 yrs dr Betting-2 to I agst Bee's Wing. Won in a canter. Produce Stake's of 50 SOTS. each, h. ft., for three years old ; colts, Bst. 41b; fillies, Bst.; 31b. allowed, &c. Two miles. . . Mr. C. St. Paul's ch. f. Creeping Molly, by Percy T. Lye 1 Cobalel Cookson's br. c. Catterick, by Bob Logic 2 Duke of Leeds's b. f. Barbarina, by Brutandurf Lord Eglinton's ch. 1. by Actaeon ... . Betting-2 to 1 agst Creeping Molly ;6to 4 agst Barbarina ; and 4to 1 agst Catterick. Won by a length. A Piece of I'late presented by the late G. Baker, Esq., added to a Subscription of 15 so a. each, 10 ft. ; three horses to start ; three yrs old, ist. alb; four, Set. Sib; five, 8,1. 12lb; six and aged, 9st. ; mares allowed 31b. Als inner of any of the Cups at non- . caster, Liverpool, Chester, or Manchester, to carry 41b. extra; horses having run and not won, allowed 31b. St. Leger Course. Once round: Mr. Orde's b. m. Bee's-wing, by Dr. Syntax, 5 yrs... Cartwright 1 Mr. Wood's b. f. by Humphrey Clinker—sister to May-day, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Blakclock's bl. f. Yarico, by Waverley, 4 yrs Mr. Jaques's ch. m. Burletta, by Actaeon, 6 yrs dr Won by a length. Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 41b ; fillies, Bst ; 31b. allowed, &c. T. Y. C. Three quar- tern of a mile. Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Zoroaster, by Priam . Cartwright 1 Mr. Jaques's b. c. by Liverpool, out of Comedy, by Comus .... 2 Duke of Leeds's b. c. Podolirius, by Physician 0 Mr. He•eltine's b. c. Prescription, by Physician, out of Eliza Duke of Cleveland's b. f. Eliza, by Physician, out of Matilda 0 Mr. Dawson's ch. 1. by Percy, dam by Cleveland—Prodigious 0 Betting-2 to I agst Zoroaster, 2to 1 agst Comedy (colt). 3to I agst Prescription, 4 to 1 agst Podolirius, and 5 to 1 agst Eliza. Won easy. Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. ; three yrs, 7st. slb ; four, fist. 51b ; five, &c., Nst. 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Wrather's gr. c. llackfall, byActreon, 3 yrs Mr. Smith's gr. c. by Waverley—Lady Fractious,3 yrs 2 2 Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Achilles, 3 yrs Betting—First heat, 2 to 1 agst liackfall ; second heat, 4 to 1 apt him. Won easy. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29; -183,- TUESDA,Y. The Tyro Stakes of 25 soya. each, with 25 added, for two years old; colts, Sit. 41b. ; fillies Sst. The second to save his stake. T. Y. C. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. 13Iakelock's b. c. by Liverpocl, out of Fancy Nicholson 1 Mr. Stephenson's b. c. Lightfoot, by Velocipede 2 Mr. Attwood's b. f. Armelle, by Physician Earl of Eglinton's ch. c. Zoroaster, by Priam Mr. Taylor's b. f. No. 3, by Jerry, out of Gin, by Juniper 0 Mr. Arrowsmith's b. c. Troy, by Priam, dam by Cerberus. 0 Won by two lengths. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 100 soya. added, for three years old colts and fillies; colts, 6st. 51b; fillies, Sst. Ilb. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. St. Leger Course. Once round. Mr. J. Parkins's br. c. Lancrcost, by Liverpool Edwards 1 Mr. Jaques's br. c. St. Martin, by Actaeon, out of Galena...... 2 Mr. J. Fairlie's eh. c. The Hydra, by Sir Hercules ...... 3 Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Hart, by Actaeon, out of Voltaire's d. 0 Colonel Crawfurd's br. g. by Priam, out of Mermaid Mr. Orde's ch. c. Charley-boy. by Actaeon Betting at starting-6 to 4 agst Hydra, sto 2 agst Charley Boy, 3 to 1 agst Hart, 6 to 4 agst Colonel Crawfurd's br. g., and 6 to 1 agst Lanercost. Charley Boy jumped off with the lead, and kept it until the dis tance, when Lanercest and Hydra challenged, and won by half a length. The pace was good throughout. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old fillies, Bst. each. One mile. Mr. C. M. St. Paul's ch. f. Creeping M011y.....,.,. Cartwright I Sir C. Monek's br. f. by Langar, darn by Whisker Mr. Jaques's ch. f. Opera, by Actaeon, out of Comedy 3 Duke of Leeds's b. f. Barbarina, by Brutandorf Lord Keiburne's ch. f. by Actzeon, out of Purity 0 Won easy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three years old, ist. 21b; four, 9st. 21b ; fire, lOst ; six and aged, lOst. 51b. Three miles. Mr. Powlett's bl. c. by Velocipede, 3 yrs... Edwards walked over BETTING ON THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's l)on John 6 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus-12 to 1 taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost—taken 25 to 1 a'.fst Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Charley Boy—taken 500 even laid between lon and Don John—taken 1000 to 30 agst Wee Willie—taken The Hydra, Potentate, Zoroaster, and Olympic, came in caravans INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1838. ACCEPTANCES. The Goodyrood Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if de- dared on or before Tuesday, 26th June. Valentissimo, 6 yrs, 9st ; Lucetta, aged, Bst. I`2lb; 'Mayflower, aged, Bst. 121 b ; bl. c. The Doctor, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b ; King Cole, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b; Harkaway, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b; St. Luke, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b ; Olympic, aged, Bst. 61b ; Luck's-all, 6 vrs, Bst. 61b ; Tipple Cider, 5 yrs, Bst. bib ; Heron, 5 yrs, Set. 511; ; Ratcateher, aged, 8.3 t. 51b ; Red Rover, aged, Bst 51b ; Jack-in-the-Green, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Troilus, 4 yrs, Bst. 3lb ; Dardanelles, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b ; Calmuck, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Adrian, 4 yrs, Bst. llb ; Pickwick, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; 'foothill, 5 yrs, ist. 121 b ; Dr. Slop, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Combat, 5 yrs, ist. 121 b ; b. g. Logic, by Lottery, aged, 7st 1 llb ; Edgar, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b; Ruby. 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b; Chapeau d'Ei pagne, 4 yrs, ist. 9ib ; Marquis, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b ; Sir Frederick, 4 yes, 7st. ill) ; MahomeAs.rs. 4 yr., 71Icri 7st: 71b ; Callisto, 3 yrs, Ist. 31b; Bulbridge, 4 yrs, 7st. `2lb; Puppy, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b ; Loutherborough, 4 yrs, ist. 11h ; Mervan, 4 yrs, ist. llb ; Paganini, 3 yrs, 7st. llb ; Tawney Owl, 3 yrs, Get. 12.1 b; Magnolia, 4 yrs, Get. 1 llb ; Hahnenon, 3 yrs, sst. 101 b ; c. by Tranby, out of Conciliation, 3 yrs, sst. 41b. AQUA TICS. . SAILING MATCH. The contest amongst the small-class yachts lying at Arundel stairs, Strand, came off yesterday, but was very indifferently at tended. Indeed, the day was not well chosen in the first place, nor, in the second, fine enough to induce ladies and gentlemen to risk the impending storm. The craft chosen were, although open to all who were in the sweepstakes, limited to seven tons ; and, as such boats but seldom hare a fair opportunity for a display, there were eight very soon found to contend. Mr. Hewes, a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, consented to become the umpire, and the starting galley was manned by gentlemen of that distin guished club. The following had been entered to contend : Names. Tons. Owners. Arrow Bermudian Maid Nautillus Phoebe Peggy Sylph . . Star Violet Only seven of these came to their stations. • There was a nice light air out, but certainly not sufficient to show the power of the boats. The start from off the Temple-gardens was very pretty. They all canted at the same time, and soon got their way on. 'f he Ber mudian Maid drew a-head of her opponents, and had her wind well. She led the way, and never lost that position. The Arrow was second boat up; but, in returning, the Star, which had held the third place, overhauled her in the reach, and came in second, about twelve minutes after the Maid. The Arrow was close up. The remainder did not hurry themselves. The match was too much' one way to keep the interest alive. The boats had colours ; but they hung tos sluggishly to be observed, and the description of them varied considerably. ihe distance was to Wandsworth Meadows and back. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—A tragedy of a pain ful and appalling character was recently perpetrated in the western part of Alabama. The particulars, as recorded in the Lakeville Express, are somewhat to the following etfect:—" A young lady of great personal attrations, the daughter of a farmer in that neighbourhood, had formed an acquaintance with a youth of wild and dissolute habits, and her pa. rents in consequence forbade him the house, and exerted themselves to sever the connection. by providing Miss Julia Maria' with a steady middle-aged husband. The Squire having performed the ceremony, the happy couple' set otf for their home on the borders of the great prairie, awl for six months the lady appeared to he perfectly reconciled to her t and exerted herself to love, honour, anti obey her liege lord. One morning, as the farmer was returning home with his rifle and dog, he met his former rival, who accounted for his sudden appearance by saying that he had just returned from New Orleans, where be had made a rare speculation in Texian lands, and that it was his intention to emigrate to his new property as soon as he had completed some family arrangements. The unsuspicious husband invited his friend to pass a day or two with him, saying, that although he should be obliged to go to Lakeville the next day the other could amuse himself until his re turn by shooting the prairie hens, or fencing in a patch of corn, which. ever he pleased. The other consented, and returned to the house with the hospitable farmer. The next day, the young man renewed his in timacy with his former sweetheart, and finally succeeded in exacting a promise that she would, the next morning, run away with him. The husband, in the meantime, had gone on a tour to the prairies, in search of gais.e, and was not expected to return for several days. lie had his misgivings,however ; and, rettirning home late at night, lie was a hor rified witness of his own dishonour. Without attempting to disturb the guilty pair, he tired his house in three different places, the flames creep ing through the upper stories, and encircling the roof of his once happy home. '1 he wretched woman and her para.nour were aroused from, their adulterous dreams by the flames, and rushed to the windows to save themselves by leaping out, but below stood infuriated husband with his rifle, and the moment the casement was opened he fired with unerring aim, and they both fell amid the burning ruins.,, GLOVES FOR ONE speculator bought some time ago in Paris 10,0001. contra band ,oool. w ort h o f g l oves f or the English market. It is known that in the English Custom House certain goods are taxed according to the value sworn to by the owners, and that to prevent fraud the Custom House sometimes takes posses sion of goods at the price so determined. In this case the speculator, having stated the value of the goods at 5,000 f , the a moun t was pa id to him and the gloves retained. The sp eculator, determined to have his revenge, procured an accomplice o n his retur n to Paris, and pur. chased 40,000 f. worth •f gloves. Th es e were adj usted and made up into two packets, with which the two friends started, the one to Dover and the other to Bristol. At Dover the packet was opened, and the owner stated the value of the gloves at 15,000 f., which was immediately paid to him, and the gloves retained. The same occurred at Bristol. The speculator at Dover started for Bristol, and met his friend half. way on his road to Dover, and eac h of the m , with 15.000 f. in his pocket, waited patiently at his post till the da y of the Custom House sale. At the sale the gloves were ex p osed, w hen our speculator at Bristol, bidding among other people, observed, aft er pre t en di ng t o ex _ amine them minutely, that they were all for the left hand; and so in fact they turned out to be. Purchasers, of course, could not be found, and he bought the whole lot for 6,000 f. The same thing took place at Dover with the right hand gloves, and the friends proceeded to Lon don, where, it it presumed, the gloves were a third time profitably dis posed of.—Courrier Francais. COVENT GARDEN 'ATARKET.—Yesterd2y morn, ing green peas were from 10d. to Is. 3d. per peck, tiecording to their freshness ; new potatoes from 4d. to Is. 2d. per lb., according to size; Vrench beans 3s. tin. per hundred; Cauliflowers from 10d. to 2a . each ; asparagus, which is getting scarce, 4s. Gd. per bundle; English grapes 14s per pound; cherries (the finest) es. per poond ; strawber ries from Is. to 3s. per pottle; peaches and nectarines from 14s, to 545, per dozen ; pine apples 10s. per pound. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The details of the Coronation Day of Qneen Victoria arc given at full length in the columns of this journal. Enough sr ill thence appeer to gratify the taste for gay, as well as for solemn, splendour. The procession out of doors, in which so many distinguished foreigners—representatives of the most powerful sovereigns on earth—took part, and brought with them such evidence as demonstrations oY that external and su perficial nature can furnish to the amicable feelings of their respective Governments towards the British Crown—the sprightly and animating accompaniment of our fine and hu mane soldiers—the various pimp and circumstance of peaceful royalty amongst a free people—but beyond everything, and above everything, the elated spirit, the joyous physiognomy, the kindly, neighbourly, manly, end hearty co-eperation of three hundred or four hundred thousand assembled Englishmen in promoting their common object—viz., the exclusion of all unpleasant occurrences from the day, and the essociation of grat,ful remembrances wit', the manner of giving it celebrity --these things, taken together. must suffice, by the mere re cord of there, to satisfy the curiosity of our native readers, and to assist in their minds the cultivation of better feelings than curiosity. The spectacle of the street., ar.d indeed of the in. terior of the houses before which the procession passed, must have struck the foreign personages who attended .with won der, net wholly unmixed with awe. The earth was alive with rren ; the habitations in the line of march cast forth their occupants to the b ilconies or the house teps. The windows were lifted out of their frames, and the asylum of domestic life, that sanctuary which our countrymen guard with such traditional 'jea lousy and love of free agency front the intrusion of pry ing strangers, was on this occasion made openly accessible to the involuntary gaze of the entire world. There was no dissentient voice to the wide and honest acclammations of the people in honour of Queen Victoria. They thought of her net as an individual to be loved with headlong zeal or played upon by corrupt adulation—their zealous and generous recep tion of her Majesty was from a higher and far more va luable motive. It was because they retarded her as in herself an institution. They saw the monarchy in Queen Victoria, and pledged themselves that for their own sakes they would uphold it, with the help of their Sovereign, so— if not they would preserve the monarchy in spite of an ill-advised monarch. We have said that foreigners are struck with astonishment in looking at the congregated population of London ; and we know it. The intel ligence, the broad and frank demeanour of the peo ple—their countless numbers—their manifest possession of the comforts of life to a degree far more abun dant than any other nation—their power over the Go vernment which nominally and ostensibly rules them,—all such matters must engage the eyes and underst,ndings and nerves of foreigners more seriously than they can be affected by the presence of any other race of men. The dispositions of the people who filled the streets, and of those more nearly ap proaching to aristocracy who waited for Queen Victoria in the Abbey, might with strict certainty he assumed from the un controllable earnestness and ardour of the reception which the Duke of Wellington experienced from them in multiplied instances throughont the five or six hours during which the ceremony and its adjuncts lasted. There was no comparison between the plaudits la vished on the " Illustrious" Duke and those which any other person could elicit from the surrounding spectators. Tho Queen was in some measure on her trial. The Duke of Wellington needs not any human ordeal to establish him as the rightful owner of the national confidence and esteem. If her Majesty have much approbation given to her on trust arid before trial, it must of course stimulate a mind like her Ma jest3'3 to retain what she has acquired, and to merit still more. Fortunately, the free press and the unchecked opinion of this great community will always be at hand to point out to her where her Ministers may lead her Majesty into error. Let us hope that such admonitions may be less necessary every day she lives, and to our brief benediction let us add, may Queen Victoria " cover forget the principles which placed the House of Brunswick on the throne of these realms."._ Times. Our Paper of this day contains a full, and, we believe, a complete account of the solemn and august ceremonial of the Coronation of her Majesty in Westriinster Abbey yesterday, as well as a minute detail of all the preliminary and conse quent proceedings. No event of the kind could have pessed off in a manner more gratifying to the Queen and to her sub jects. Iler Majesty must have been highly pleated with the zealous but well-ordered loyalty every where displayed, and her subjects could not but he well content with the condescending graciousness of the Queen's deportment, and with the smiles re flected upon her countenance from those of the happy throng by which she was surrounded. We never saw devoted attach ment more fervently expreped, or more kindly and satisfactorily received. This was more obvious on the return of the proces sion from the Abbey than on its progress to it. In the first instance, the crowd seemed in some degree lost in wonder at the unexampled splendour of the scene (for it exceeded all precedent), and did not, therefore, so rapturously give way to their feelings of respect and attachment as after their curiosity had been allayed, and their astonishment lessened by a repetition of the gorgeous display. Throughout the whole line leads were filled and ridges horsed," by eager and delighted gazers ; and I...dies, "in loves and gentle jollities arrayed," f!om open windows, lofty balco nies, and temporary scaffolds, " waved their scented kerchiefs in the air," and long before the royal carriage was distinctly visible in the distance thus denoted its gradual advance toward its destination. In front of the various club-houses in St. James's-street., P.:l l _rnall.. and Coekspur-street weil-dressed women were ranged in rows lilco vy In . 6„t. varied flowers on a parterre, and it was gratifying to observe that even in situations where political hostility to her Ma jesty's Ministers was known to prevail most, the en thusiasm of the greeting was not less marked than else where. Of the populace generally who crowded the streets to excess it gives us the utmost pleasure to be able to state that they conducted themselves in a manner the most exemplary; and that the military, horse and foot. ranged from Buckingham Palace to the Broad Sanctuary, had therefore a ' comparatively light and easy duty to perform. All London seemed to have poured forth its miscellaneous pepuletion: business was of course suspended in every quarter of the town, shops were closed, and a joyous holiday was universally proclaimed. One of the most gratifying features of the day was the. warm and enthusiastic reception given by all classes of the people to Marshal Soult, who in the loud acclamations with which he was greeted must have seen that the nation had no part in the inhospitable feeling which dictated a late un seasonable attempt to choose the period of the visit of this illustrious watrior for an invidious controversy. We are eure we only do justice to the Duke of Wcllingtcn when we say that the loud and hearty applause which his own approach drew from the people could not be more gratifying to him than the honours bestowed on the distinguished foreigner whom he so often met in the field as an enemy, now the guest of a country illustrated by his own immortal achievements. Mar shal Soult was known by his equipage. The Duke of Wel lington seemed as if he were desirous of withdrawing himself from public gaze, from an unwillingness to draw towards him self any portion of that applause which he deemed due on British soil to leis old opponent. Frcm this circumstance on some parts of the line his Grace was net recognised by the multitude. But where he was recognised the applause he received bore unequivocal testimony to the grateful re gard in which this hero of a hundred battles is held. But the crowd seeired particularly anxious to obliterate from the mind of " the noble soldier of France" all recollections of national jealousy and by-gone en mities. Within the Abbey, the reception given to the two heroes of France and England was equally warm and car dial. Earl Grey was also warmly and enthusiastically greeted, as was Lord Melbourne. The promptitude and graceful ease displayed by her Majesty when she descended the steps of the throne to assist in raising the venerable Lord Rolle, who, labouring under the weight of nearly ninety years, fell on approaching the Royal presence, won universal admiration from all who witnessed the scene. On her way back to Buckingham Palace, symptoms of fatigue were visible in her Majesty's countenance ; but considering what she had gone through they excited no surprise, though much commiseration. She bore her sceptre like a Queen, and bowed her crowned head with that mild dignity of deportment which showed her aware of the exalted station she filled as the mistress of a mighty nation. The scene of yesterday, upon the whole, will long be remembered. Happiness and satis faction were painted on every countenance, and it was jellies , Bible to view with indifference the appearance of such a mul titude of human beings entering with keen enjoyment into all that was passing around them. Never, perhaps, has the world ssen such an assemblage of be tuty and splendour as that which was yesterday witnessed within the capital of these kingdoms. —Atorning Chronicle. The public will find in our columns to-day copious and in teresting details of the great national ceremonial which was celebrated in Westminster Abbey yesterday, as well as of the brilliant, enlivening, and picturesque display, which was ex hibited along the line of the procession, where countless m ultitudes of her subjects thronged to pour forth their heart felt homage to cur young and interesting Queen. For the first time in a monarchy which has endured a thousand years wa s the spectacle presented, which was witnessed yesterday, of a Queen so Young, going forth to receive from, the assembled estates of her realm the crown of her ancestors, ratified by the acclaniationsof her people. We have more than once expressed our regret that this ancient and solemn ceremonial should have suffered any curtailment, and that hall of Victo ria's sainted ancestor, Edward the Confessor—the most super b in EuroPe—as rebuilt by William Rufus, should have been dark and silent, where formerly the newly-enthroned Sovereign met her assembled peers and dignitaries of the realm under circumstances which blended the ancient days and earliest glories of the Monarchy with the elegance and splen dour of modern times. On this occasion, not only was the Banquet Hall deserted," and the last representative of the chivelrous ages—the gauntletted champion—denied to the virgin Queen, but not a flag waved from the ancient Palace of England's Kings, where the Royal Standard once so proudly floaated. As to the cavalcade, which will be found else where described in detail, it was, indeed, truly magnifi cent. The view from Trafalgar-square down Parliament street towards the Abbey, presented to those who were fortu nate e nough to be in a position to overlook the whole of the long line of superb equipages, guards, &c., one of the finest coups d'ceil that was ever witnessed, even in the metro polis of Great Britain. The carriages of the reereaene tatives of foreign powers, with their caparisons, were very splendid, but all that de led the eyes in the pageant, and took the senses captive, was inferior to the moral interest with which the spectacle was clothed; -for what heart could behold unmoved the young and lovely representa tive of a long line of Kings, whom Providence had called at so, early a n ag e to wield th e sceptre of earth's greatest empire, visibly affected by the minslcd emotion's which such a scene ' Was Caletilated to inspire, and touched even to tears while receiving the enthusiastic homage of her people ? Culd indeed must be the heart, and doll the in tellect, that could be insensible to the moral charm of a scene so impressive and sublime. May the sunlight ‘‘ltich dispelled the clouds and gloom of the day of Vict,ria's Coronation, be the harbinger of a reign latinging a prosperous future to E.,g land, and brightening into glory as it grows in years ! May she who is the chief of the nation—the beloved of her people, and the ornament of her sex, support, like the wisest and best of her illustrious predecessors, the dignity and grandeur of England's monarchy, and never forget the principles which placed the House of 131 unswick on the throne !—Morning Herald. MEMOIR OF MARSHAL SOUL'. Though Jean-de Dieu Sout is one of ele ablest of Nape leon's marshals, his active career has been so exCuively mili tary, that a detailed account of it would afferd Lula entertain ment to any caller than a professional le ider. For this reason less space can be devoted to it on the present occasion titan its importance would otherwise deserve. The origin of this grei,t soldier is mean. He was born March 29th, 1769, at St.. Auraroe in the department of Tarn. In his sixteenth year he entered the service, and after spend ing' some time in the rojal regiment of artillery, became sub lieutenant of grenadiers. Under Roche, and then under Jourdan, he distinguished himself by a bravery always subser vient to a sound discretion. Nor were his talents more strik ingly exhibited on any of these ettrly occasions, than at the hatVe of Fleures. Soult was chief of the staff to General Lefebre, who headed the advanced guard of the army of the Moselle. When the right wing under Marceau was routed, and that general himself forced to fall back on Lefebre's he entreated, in an agony of despair, a succour of four battalions, that he might make an effort to recover his lost position. " Give them to roe," said he to Lefebre, "or I will blow out my brains!" Lefebre consulted Colonel Soult, who observed, in a loud voice, that such a step would endanger the safety of t' le division. Marceau knew nothing of Soult, and was equal.) , surrised and indignant that an obscure aide-de camp should presume to decide on such a. subject. " Who are you?" cried Marceau. " Whatever I am," answered Seult, " you perceive I axe calm, which I am sorry to sly you are not." The indignation of the General was increased by this cool superiority of Soult, whom he threatened to fight the day following. " Very well," answered the latter; " I shall never fear to speak the truth either to you or any other man ; but at the same time, I have no wish to treat you with disre spect. Do not kill yourself, General, but lead on your men to the charge, and you shall have the four battalions as soon as we can spare them." The result proved the wisdom of Soult's advice. The division of Lefebre was almost instantly assailed by the Prince of Coburg; and a bloody conflict en sued, in the midst of which both Soult and Marceau fought like lions. Towards evening this obstinately contested battle appeared to Lefebre to be so much to the disadvantage of the French, that he was inclined to make a retrograde movement ; but the design was opposed by Soult. "If I am not mis• taken," said the latter, "from what I can judge of the enemy's second line, the Austrians themselves are preparing to re treat." An order from Jourdan to charge confirmed the eagle glance of this soldier : Coburg was retreating, though in very good order. After the battle, Marce ru, whose anger had given way to admiration, observed to Lefebre, " The chief of your your staff is a meritorious officer: he will soon be noticed." He held out his hand to Soult: " Colonel, forgive the pa=t. Though my rank authorises me to give you instructions, you have this day given me a lesson which I shall never forget. It is you, in fact, who have gained the batt'e." The two officers embraced, and, to the honour of both be it said, thenceforth they were steadfast friends. From thin time to the peace of Amiens the reputation of Sault daily increased. In 1794 he was made a general of brigade; and in 1793, of division. The First Consul knew Soult by report, and one day in quired of Massene whether he deserved his high reputation. " Both for judgment and courage," replied the veteran, " I can recommend him as one who, in my opinion, has scarcely a superior." The consequence of this honest praise was, that he was entrusted with the command of the Chasseurs of the Consular Guard, and thenceforth honoured with the personal esteem of Bonaparte. From the same date may be reckoned the enmity of Berthier, who, destitute of military talent him self, could never behold without jealousy the homage which the First Consul paid to such qualities in others. When the invasion of England was resolved on, Soult was placed over the army encamped from Boulogne to Calais. The discipline which he established was severer than had ever been known to exist among the French troops; from day-break to night-fall he was on horseback inspecting their various evolu tions, or superintending on foot their labours in the entrench ments. Many of them complained, and one day even the First Consul expressed au apprehension that they would in the end sink under it. The General replied, " Such as can not withstand the fatigue which I support myself, will remain in the depots ; but such as do stand it, will be fit to under take the conquest of the world." Soult well knew the vast &signs which occupied the mind - of the First Consul ; and he on his side perceived that such a man as Suult would be one of his firmest supports—the ready and able instrument of his most unprincipled designs. Of the eighteen generals who were invested May 19th, 1804, with the marshal's truncheon, none was judged more deserving of it than General Soult. When the elarsheln surrounded Napoleon to receive his instructions at Austerlitz, all that he said to Soult was, " To you, Marshal, I have only to observe, act as you always do." In the heat of this battle, nn aide-de-camp arrived with an order that he should instantly gain the heights of Pratzen. " I IA in obey tbe Emperor swered the Marshal. " but this is not the proper time." This kindled the rage of the Emperor, who despatched another aide-dc camp with a more peremptory mandate. He arrived just as Soult W 23 putting his column in motion. The ma noeuvre had been delayed only because the Russians were ex tending their lice to the left, and so weakening their centre which um in possession of the heights. Complete success attended the Marshal's attack. Bonaparte, from his emi nence, perceived at once the reason of the delay and the bril liancy of the movement. He rode up to Soult, and in pre sence of the whole staff, who the moment before had heard him violently exclaiming against his disobedience, said, " Marshal, 1 account you the ablest tactition in my empire." " I believe it, Sire," replied the other, who knew how to flatter, " since your Majesty ha the goodness to tell me so." At another time, still in the heat of the battle, the Emperor said, " Marshal, you have covered yourself with glory to day —you have exceeded my expectations from you !" And soon afterwards, when some otitis generals demanded fresh in structions, he replied " Go and receive them from Marshal Soult I He it is who directs the action." At Eylau the French army was in a critical situatkn. Au gereau had been routed, the march of Davoust had been im p'ded, Ney and Bernadotte were at a distance ; and the Emperor was so much discouraged at the heavy loss he had sustained, that he wished to fall back, to effect a junction with his other corps. " Beware of doing so, Si:e l" exclaimed Soult with vivacity. " Let us remain the last on the field, and we shall have the honour of the day. From what' I have seen, I suspect the enemy will retreat during the night," The Emperor complied with his Marshal's suggestion, the wisdom of which was fully justified by the event, and he was soon re warded with the ducal fief of Dalmatia. But the Marshal was now called to a scene where his triumphs were to be short lived, and wh.:re disgrace vas generally to attend his ablest measures. In 1808 he entered Spain. His first duty was to pursue Sir John Moore, whose retreat he harassed, but whom he dared not openly attack until the English reached Coruna. Under the walls of that city, he furiously assailed Sir John, in the view of preventing the embarkation of our troops ; but after a very smart action, in which the English General he %%as completely r.•pulscd. His next step was to invade Portugal ; and that he 'night obey the instructions he received with the more alacrity, he is understood to have been promised a portion of the ki:tgdom in sovereignty. For some time he met nothing like a cont. bitted opposition : Oporto was taken and pillaged, and many other towns suff2red from the rapacity of his troops. But to subdue the country was beyond his power. The very pea santry, ill-armed and undisciplined as they were, arrested his progress, and at last the British, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, advanced against him. Our General marched with such cele rity that the Marshal was turprised at the passege of the Douro, and was near being made prisoner in Oporto. Forced to abandon his artillery and baggage, he commenced a most embarrassing retreat through ►mountainous tracts until he reached Lugo, the siege of which he compelled the Spaniards to raise. After the disaster of Talavera, Soult hastened to eff , et junction with Ney and Mortier, and in his turn pursued Wel lington, who could not make a stand against the combined strength of the three ; but the pursuit was not continued beyond the confines of Spain. On his return from this fruitless expedition, the Duke of Dalmatia overran Andalusia. He to, k Seville, but he failed before Cadiz. When Massena entered Portugal, destined to meet with as little success as he had ,mheeetrbet;ie leftore,Sou a lt g i a •e r d r u is e o e n d , Badajoz, the key of the Guadiana, , and returned into Andalusia. That fortress, however, being soon invested by the allies, he advanced to its relief ; and on the 16th of May, 1811, gave battle to Sir William Beresford, who headed a few thousands of the allied forces. Unfor tunately for him, as for all his brother Marshals, Frenchmen never crossed bayonets with the British without losing the day. So it was on the present occasion, and Soult's mortification was the greater that Wellington was not his victor. But he was soon joined by Marroont, and both united were too strong for the allies, who once more retired into Portugal. During the next two years Soult remained in the fertile provinces of southern Spain. After the loss of the battle of Salamanca by Marmont, all the French troops in Spain, ex cept the corps of Suchet, were concentrated at Burgos, to op pose Wellington ; but that cautious General again retired into Portugal, where the enemy was in no hurry to follow him. From this diversified scene Soult was now recalled to sup port the tottering throne of his master in another region, He w as present at the battle of Bautzen, and every day the em peror treated him with greater confidence. While at Dres den news arrived of the defeat of the french at Vittoria, and threw Napoleon into considerable embarrassment. He saw that southern France was uncovered, and that there was need of an able leader to oppose the triumphant career of Weling ton. There were but two marshals whom he could entreat with so important a charge—Ney and Soult, for Massena was in disgrace. Ney was superior in personaldarityr and more beloved by the army, but in coolness of judgment ; he was in ferior to the other. Soult, therefore, was ori s wed to depart, as the Emperor's lieutenant, on tLis arduous mission. The destination was not vc,:q agreea'l;le to himself, and was hateful to hid lady. She wished him to refuse the trust, and %%hen she could not prevail on him to do so, she lAer.;<eit resolved to try what effect her representations 74 , ht have on the Emperor. She sought and cbtl k invi e.n Interview, in *Which she pleadQiii i:er husband's shattered frame, his need of repose, and com plained of the injustice of sending him back to a country where blows only were to be found. " Madam," replied Napoleon, " recollect I am not your husband ; but if I were you would not dare to treat me thus." He ordered her to ta , sist, not to thwart, her husband in his duty, and begone. There was no remedy, and Soult was constrained to obey. The first attempt of the Duke was to relieve Pampelnna. but be was twice repulsed there; and perceived that he could neither arert the invasion of France, nor even materially re tard the advance of the allies. If Wellington made a less rapid progress than he might otherwise have done, lie checked the impatience of his troops only because he knew the fate of France was nut to be mainly decided in the south, end was unwiiling to spill more blood than was necessary. Still he advanced, cautiously but surely, in the expectation that be might be required to communicate with the allies of the north. To do Soult justice, he did all he could to fulfil the tenor of his instructions. For two successive days lie obstinately de fended his entrenched camp of B iyonne; but when :he Eng lish manceuvred to turn his position, he continued his retreat. February 24th (1814) he again assailed the allies, and was again defeated at Orthez. Having published a furious procla mation in behalf of Napoleon, he ms le another stand under the walls of Toulouse, but with no better success. Though Soult perceived clearly that the imperial cause was lost, ;led the restoration of the Bourbons inevitable, he was one of the last to submit to the necessity of the times. Nevertheless the Duke of Dalmatia was immediately con firmed, by Louis XVIII., in his rank and dignities, and en trusted with the government of the Thirteenth Military Divi sion (of Brittany); and in December the same year he re ceived the portfolio of the Ministry at War. From this time everything confirms the suspicion that, though a ceefidential Miniver of the King, he was not ignorant of the plot for the return of Napoleon. So general was this suspicion at the time of the conspiracy in the north, conduced by Drouet and Lefeyre Desnouettes, that he was obliged to resign his place. in which he was succeeded by the notorious Clarke. All doubts seemed to be ban'shed, when he accepted from Buena parte the dignity of Peer and the functions of Major-General. He fought at Fleurus and 'Waterloo, but with much I. ss dis tinction than might have been expected from his former fame; and his name deservedly figured in the list of July 24th. In February, 1816, he retired to the duchy of Berg, the native country of his lady, where he remained three years, his time being chiefly passed in the composition of his memoirs, which the world may one day hope to see. On the 28th of May. 1819, he received the royal permission to return to France, and in July, 1821, his Marshal's staff was restored to him. Soult will ever be ranked among the ablest of Buonaparte's Captains. His was a life of incessant activity from the first breaking out of the revolution to tie second return of the Bourbons ; and throughout that long period few Generals have been equally successful. His, in fact, was an uniformly brilliant career, until he measured his sword with one who was destined successively to humble not only the greatest of the French Marshals, but their far greater master. At St. Helena, Napoleon is reported to have said : " Soult is a good Minister of War, or Major-General, but not fit to command in chief;" but, though no one will say that he had the military talents of a Massena or Bernadotte, this dictum appears to be as unjust as ungrateful. To the Duke of Dal matia war has been no less profitable than to the other Mar shals. Like them he has purchased valuable estates, and is in possession of an income sufficient to confer additional splendour on his high rank in the army and the peerage. ------------- --- Before the clock struck nine placards were exhibited communicating the information that the fireworks would nei be let off in either parks until half past ten o'clock. One ludicrous circumstance occurred which may be worth men tioning. For some time a bird of large dimensions had been observed flying backwards and forwards, and then to hover over the Palace so frequently, as to call for the peculiar notice of a coterie of elderly ladies, who chanced to have esconced themselves in our own particular neighbourhood, one of whom, after much examination and apparent inward consultation. pronounced it to be a goose. To describe the instant ex pression of horror which rushed upon the faces of these ladies would be to attempt a task on which failure must attend. " What l" exclaimed they in one voice--" what ! a goose ; lor, you don't say so." " But I do," continued the first named. "and I am quite confident of it ; it is a goose, poor dear soul." " Ay, ay, well may you say, poor dear soul. Well there's no saying anything for a certainty beforehand, is there ? Who'd have thought it, that a nasty, ugly, long-necked (and here the lady somewhat stretched out her own neck, which could neither boast of plumpness nor of shortness) goose should have been fated to mar the happy events of this day ► There will surely be some accident, or the poor dear soul, God bless her, will not long survive the ceremony." To this prediction the friends one and all assented with open mouths, one of them adding, that probably so lamentable a result might be averted, if any man would only shoat the wretch.— Times. The Emperor of Austria was so far recovered on the 13th instant that no further bulletins were to be issued. " Bell's Life in London," price Five Pence only, will give a very accurate account of the Coronation ceremonies, illus trated with engravings. On this occasion the pu t alication wilt commence on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, at the office, 170, Strand, where cal l behad for threepence each, together or seperate, part 1,2, 3,4, 5, and t 5,, of the Gallery orComicalities, • THE CORONATION.-The Weekly Dispatch of SUNDAY, July Ist, 1838, will contain the best description of the Core. nation, and the incidents connected therewith. Also Publicola's Expo sure ,f the utter uselessness, the barbarous superstitions, the gr. , " ab surdities, and the obvious blasphemies of such ceremonials To instill' the Dispatch of the above day, immediate orders should be given to the News Agents, An Edition for the Country is printed and . joXI warded by ot , arr ,z,,,,,ranAv Evening. N.B . 31,.. t-at is upwards of 50,000, otHee, 159, Fkeet.street , London. CORONATION OF II ER NIAJESTV.--Tile m ost correct account of the Ceremonies of the Coronation of the Queen, illu s• trated with Explanatory Prints, will appear in th.e Observer of SuxuAY. the Ist cif July, on which occasion only the Observer will 'be TW" Sheets, and the price Tenponc e . The (*server will be kept on sale all the following week, at the oMce, 170, Strand ; where Franks can be had Gratis, to sand it to any part of the United Kingdom. A Monday A f " ternoon Edition of the Observer is regularly published, most desit able f ur the Country and Foreign circulation. A circumstance of a very painful nature occurred' in Ampthill on Tuesday week. Mr. Slinn, a surgeon of that place, Wa g compounding medicines in his surgery, when his little boy, three yea" and a half old, came in unperceived and drank off the contents of a mea" sure which stood on the counter, containing some sulphuric acid. 11 1 was immediately thrown into agonies of the most excruciating kind, an d all efforts to save his life proved unavailing.—Nurthamptots MercurY • • ---- - The Southern Christian Advocate publishes the following letter, giving a moving description of a massacre by the Florida Indians. '1 he writer is superintendent of the Alacua m ission in the Ta:lahassce district :—" Dear brother Capers—l am ruieel While engaged in my lab o u rs i n th e Al acua mission I received a lette,, bearing awful tidings. It i n f orme d me that the Indians had murder my family. I set out for borne, hoping that it might not prove as bs cw as the letter stated ; but 0, my God, it is—if not even worse ! I d , precious children, Lorick, Pi erce, an d E l i zabeth, were killed and burn ` up in the house. My d ear wif e was s h ot, stabbed, and stamped, see ingly, to death in the y a rd. B u t a:ter the wretches went to pack u oi their plunder, she revived and crawled off from the scene of death S°!: suffer a thousand deaths during the dreadful might which she spent along' by the side of a pond, bleeding at four bullet holes and snore than half' a-dozen stabs, three d eep gas h es t o the bone on her head, and three sta b/ through the ribs, besides a number of smaller cuts and bruises. S hd is yet living, and 0 help me to pray that she may still live! MY ' ie : groes lay dead all about th e yar d and woods, and my everything els e' burnt to ashes. Pray for me. My family was on a short visit to loft father-in-law, for the purpose of having some supplies sent up irons of plantation to our tempo rar y res id ence i n the mission, and during tl""' brief period the awful catastrophe took place—T. Pax Des cos." LADIES' BEST GOLD CHAINS The weight is given by comparison with the weight of Sovereign s P being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and dvits: The quality of the gold is warranted equal to any that is w orke 4 into articles of this description. Price of the Cable Pattern, or Matted Ring Pattern. s. d. £e , d ' Same weight as 3 sovs. 4 4 0 Same weight as 6 sovs. 7 7 0 ° Ditto as 4 sovs. 55 0 Ditt o as 7 sows. 8 8 0 Ditto as 5 sovs. 6 6 0 Di tto as 8 sovs. 9 9 The following Patterns are One Guinea dearer than the a bove , but cannot be made lighter than the weight of Six Sovereigns The Cage Pattern, I The Chinese Pattern. The Ring and Bar Pattern. I The Victoria Pattern. THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. 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